I was reading through Athlon Sports 2004 Preview, and I ran across an interesting thing in the draft review section:

"...Chris ey is an H-back, A-back, fullback, tight end and a long snapper."

I have never heard of the "A-back" position, and frankly, I am more inclined to think this writer (Dan Shonka) made it up completley than there is a position out there I haven't heard of. It's like trying to think of a new color or something.

That is interesting but it seems to be a college football term, like "Monster", in the pros it seems that a player who lines up all over is now called "Slash" thanks to Kordell Stewert. Not that there is that many players who can do this.

You're right. From what I gather it's a college position in a college offense. I should have figured as much. In college, there are so many unique offenses that there are probably dozens of position terms I have never heard of...